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The '''Scauld''' system is the location of at least one habitable world and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[bandit kingdom]] known as the [[Rim Territories]].<ref name=ER:3145p38>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
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The '''Scauld''' system is the location of at least one habitable world and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[bandit kingdom]] known as the [[Rim Territories]].<ref name=ER:3145p38>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
  
 
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== System Description ==
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==System Description==
The Scauld system is located near the [[Elba]] and [[Veil]] systems in the [[Periphery]].<ref name="HB:MPSp25"/><ref name="ER:2750p36"/>
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The Scauld system is located near the [[Elba]] and [[Veil]] systems in the [[Periphery]].<ref name="HB:MPSp25"/><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36</ref>
  
== System History ==
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==System History==
The Scauld system was originally known as the '''Austerlitz''' system; located in the rimward Periphery, the Austerlitz system was either colonized by the [[Star League]] [[Territorial State]] known as the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] during the [[Star League era]], or it was a system that had already been colonized and which became significant enough to be recorded by [[Inner Sphere]] nations on maps during this period.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/><ref name="HB:MPSp25"/>
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The Scauld system was originally known as the '''Austerlitz''' system; located in the rimward Periphery, the Austerlitz system was either colonized by the [[Star League]] [[Territorial State]] known as the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] during the [[Star League era]], or it was a system that had already been colonized and which became significant enough to be recorded by [[Inner Sphere]] nations on maps during this period.<ref name="HB:MPSp25"/><ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> It was named for the battle in 1805 where Napoleon smashed the combined Austrian and Russian forces.<ref name="HRW-135">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 135</ref>
  
The Austerlitz system was a member of the [[Finmark Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic, and became an independent system with the collapse of the Republic after the fall of the Star League. Austerlitz remained on maps until some point during the [[Third Succession War]], at which point the system had either been depopulated, abandoned, or had become too insignificant for Inner Sphere nations to continue recording.<ref name="HB:HSp40"/><ref name="HB:HSp47"/>
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The Austerlitz system was a member of the [[Finmark Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic, and became an independent system with the collapse of the Republic after the fall of the Star League. Austerlitz remained on maps until some point during the [[Third Succession War]], at which point the system had either been depopulated, abandoned, or had become too insignificant for Inner Sphere nations to continue recording.<ref name="HB:HSp40"/><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref>
  
 
The Austerlitz system reappeared on maps during the [[Dark Age]], but with a new name - Scauld.<ref name="ER:3145p10"/>
 
The Austerlitz system reappeared on maps during the [[Dark Age]], but with a new name - Scauld.<ref name="ER:3145p10"/>
  
== Political Affiliation ==
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==Political Affiliation==
 
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* [[2341]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth at their Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
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* [[2341]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13</ref>
* [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref>
* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158: "Inner Sphere Map - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158</ref>
* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36"/>
 
* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTv1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38: "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR2765LCAFp25>''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTv1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38</ref><ref name=FR2765LCAFp25>''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 25</ref>
* [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTv1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
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* [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTv1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104</ref>
* [[2822]] - Independent world<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Independent world<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref>
* [[2864]] - Independent world<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Independent world<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref>
* [[3025]] - No record<ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', foldout: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp47"/><ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', foldout: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref>
* [[3030]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref>
* [[3040]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132</ref>
* [[3050]] - No record<ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - No record<ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10</ref>
* [[3052]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22</ref>
* [[3057]] - No record<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - No record<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10</ref>
* [[3059]] - No record<ref name="TPE2p110">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 110: "Rim Collection & Circinus Federation"</ref>
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* [[3059]] - No record<ref name="TPE2p110">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 110</ref>
* [[3063]] - No record<ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp97">''Inner Sphere'', p. 97: "Near Periphery Kingdoms Map"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - No record<ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28</ref><ref name="ISp97">''Inner Sphere'', p. 97</ref>
* [[3067]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42</ref>
* [[3075]] - No record<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - No record<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref>
* [[3079]] - No record<ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - No record<ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19</ref>
* [[3081]] - No record<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - No record<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - No record<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - No record<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Rim Territories<ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Rim Territories<ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Rim Territories<ref name=ER:3145p38/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
 
* [[3145]] - Rim Territories<ref name=ER:3145p38/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
 
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== Planetary History ==
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==Planetary History==
=== Reunification War ===
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===Reunification War===
 
Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130: "The Spark"</ref> Austerlitz was garrisoned by the [[Sixth Amaris Fusiliers]] from at least [[2581]] onward, a regiment which had chosen to side with the [[RRA]] and the [[RPG]].<ref name="H:RWp128"/> The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the name given to the military intervention. the first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]],<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132: "Case Apollo"</ref> until a destructive raid on [[Alarion]] by forces from the Fourth Fusiliers in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing [[Rim Worlds Army]] concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.<ref name="H:RWp133">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133: "Island Hopping (2582 - November 2590)"</ref>
 
Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130: "The Spark"</ref> Austerlitz was garrisoned by the [[Sixth Amaris Fusiliers]] from at least [[2581]] onward, a regiment which had chosen to side with the [[RRA]] and the [[RPG]].<ref name="H:RWp128"/> The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the name given to the military intervention. the first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]],<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132: "Case Apollo"</ref> until a destructive raid on [[Alarion]] by forces from the Fourth Fusiliers in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing [[Rim Worlds Army]] concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.<ref name="H:RWp133">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133: "Island Hopping (2582 - November 2590)"</ref>
  
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* Oudinot: a town.<ref name=DDoDp3/>
 
* Oudinot: a town.<ref name=DDoDp3/>
  
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== Nearby Systems ==
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==Nearby Systems==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
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* ''[[Dig, Defend, or Die]]'' (World Wide Event 2018)
 
* ''[[Dig, Defend, or Die]]'' (World Wide Event 2018)

Revision as of 00:17, 29 April 2023

Scauld (Austerlitz)
Scauld 3151.svg
Scauld (Austerlitz) nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-432.673 : 306.258[e]

The Scauld system is the location of at least one habitable world and as of 3145 was located in the bandit kingdom known as the Rim Territories.[1][2]

System Description

The Scauld system is located near the Elba and Veil systems in the Periphery.[3][4]

System History

The Scauld system was originally known as the Austerlitz system; located in the rimward Periphery, the Austerlitz system was either colonized by the Star League Territorial State known as the Rim Worlds Republic during the Star League era, or it was a system that had already been colonized and which became significant enough to be recorded by Inner Sphere nations on maps during this period.[3][5] It was named for the battle in 1805 where Napoleon smashed the combined Austrian and Russian forces.[6]

The Austerlitz system was a member of the Finmark Province of the Rim Worlds Republic, and became an independent system with the collapse of the Republic after the fall of the Star League. Austerlitz remained on maps until some point during the Third Succession War, at which point the system had either been depopulated, abandoned, or had become too insignificant for Inner Sphere nations to continue recording.[7][8]

The Austerlitz system reappeared on maps during the Dark Age, but with a new name - Scauld.[9]

Political Affiliation

Planetary History

Reunification War

Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in 2575, with the factions polarized around those loyal to First Consul Gregory Amaris and those loyal to the Rift Republican Army and the Rim Provisional Government.[37] Austerlitz was garrisoned by the Sixth Amaris Fusiliers from at least 2581 onward, a regiment which had chosen to side with the RRA and the RPG.[38] The Star League eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in 2579 assembled Task Force MAILED FIST to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the Star League Defense Force, Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing Operation MAILED FIST, the name given to the military intervention. the first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near Apollo,[39] until a destructive raid on Alarion by forces from the Fourth Fusiliers in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing Rim Worlds Army concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.[40]

In late 2584 the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the Draconis Auxiliary Corps when they captured Nightwish in mid-2584. Archon Viola Steiner-Dinesen of Battle Group Finmark assigned the Thirty-First Armor Division - one of two divisions within the SLDF VIII Corps - to the conquest of Austerlitz and the neutralization of the Sixth Fusiliers in 2587.[41]

The heavily outnumbered Sixth Fusiliers fought to great effect on Austerlitz, turning the battle for control of the planet into a brutal slugging match; the Sixth Fusiliers used their heavy units to lock the Thirty-First in place and then used their light armor to launch fast, slashing attacks on the Thirty-First's infantry regiments. The Thirty-First drew on the available aerospace fighter support and fast BattleMech companies to try and counter the Sixth Fusiliers' tactics, and while these efforts were partially successful the Sixth Fusiliers had still inflicted enough damage on the Thirty-First Division before being defeated at the end of the three-week battle to force the Thirty-First to have to be temporarily withdrawn from the Task Force MAILED FIST order of battle for refitting.[42]

After the disbandment of the RWR, Austerlitz became a desolate, forsaken, planet. By the mid-thirtieth century it was a planet of a mere 65,000 people, where every person became a jack-of-all-hands.[43]

Military Deployment

2581-2587

2587-2588

Planetary Locations

  • Oudinot: a town.[43]


Map Gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 24 systems (23 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Elba 14.9 Oporto 17.3 Aboukir 22.5 Lushun 28.8
Lywick 29.5 Anatolia 29.8 Edirne 33.5 Finmark 38.2
Viluisk 39.1 Inner Surge 42.2 Kwangjong-ni 42.2 Issaba 48.6
Dijonne 49.6 Seven Lands 50.6 Bremen 50.9 Delagoa 54.1
Canal 55.0 Ma'anshan 55.1 Lost 56.6 Synsstad 56.7
Malaga 57.0 Chita 58.6 Sweet Water 59.2 Derby 63.8

Notes

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 38
  2. 2.0 2.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25
  4. 4.0 4.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 36
  5. 5.0 5.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18
  6. Historical: Reunification War, p. 135
  7. 7.0 7.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40
  8. 8.0 8.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47
  9. 9.0 9.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 10
  10. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13
  11. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
  12. Historical: Reunification War, p. 158
  13. Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  14. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10
  15. Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38
  16. Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 25
  17. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104
  18. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
  19. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
  20. House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), foldout: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  21. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56
  22. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59
  23. Historical: War of 3039, p. 132
  24. Era Report: 3052, p. 10
  25. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61
  26. Era Report: 3052, p. 22
  27. Era Report: 3062, p. 10
  28. The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 110
  29. Era Report: 3062, p. 28
  30. Inner Sphere, p. 97
  31. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70
  32. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42
  33. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64
  34. Field Report: LAAF, p. 19
  35. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62
  36. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  37. Historical: Reunification War, p. 130: "The Spark"
  38. 38.0 38.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 128: "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"
  39. Historical: Reunification War, p. 132: "Case Apollo"
  40. Historical: Reunification War, p. 133: "Island Hopping (2582 - November 2590)"
  41. 41.0 41.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 152: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)"
  42. Historical: Reunification War, pp. 134–135: "Arlina to Viborg (December 2584 - September 2588)"
  43. 43.0 43.1 Dig, Defend, or Die, p. 3: "Notable Personalities"
  44. Historical: Reunification War, p. 154: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)"
  45. Historical: Reunification War, p. 155: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"

Bibliography